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Today in History: Monday, December 31, 2012
历史上的今天：2012年12月31日，星期一
On Dec. 31, 1879, Thomas Edison first publicly demonstrated his electric incandescent light in Menlo Park, N.J.
1879年12月31日，托马斯·爱迪生在新泽西州门洛帕克首次公开展示了他的电动白炽灯。
1857 Britain's Queen Victoria decided to make Ottawa the capital of Canada.
1857年，英国女王维多利亚决定选择渥太华为加拿大首都。
1862 President Abraham Lincoln signed an act admitting West Virginia to the Union.
1862年，亚伯拉罕·林肯总统签署了一项法案允许西维吉尼亚州加入联邦。
1951 The Marshall Plan expired after distributing more than $12 billion in foreign aid.
1951年，在分发120多亿美元的外国援助后，马歇尔计划期满失效。
1974 Private U.S. citizens were allowed to buy and own gold for the first time in more than 40 years.
1974年，40多年以来，美国公民首次允许购买和持有黄金。
1985 Rock singer Rick Nelson, 45, and six other people were killed when fire broke out aboard a DC-3 that was taking the group to a New Year's Eve performance in Dallas.
1985年，45岁的摇滚歌手里克·尼尔森和其他六人前往达拉斯参加跨年表演，搭乘的DC-3遭遇大火，几人全部遇难。
1993 Entertainer Barbra Streisand performed her first paid concert in 22 years, singing to a sellout crowd at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas.
1993名，表演者芭芭拉·史翠珊表演了她22年来首次有报酬的音乐会，拉斯维加斯米高梅大花园座无虚席。
1997 Michael Kennedy, 39-year-old son of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, was killed in a skiing accident on Aspen Mountain in Colorado.
1997年，已故参议员罗伯特·肯尼迪的39岁儿子迈克尔·肯尼迪在科罗拉多州阿斯彭山一场滑雪事故中丧命。
2006 The death toll for Americans killed in the Iraq war reached 3,000.
2006年，美军在伊拉克战争中的死亡人数达到了3000。
